See also:

• ADDA (anc. Addua)

ADDA (anc. Addua)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . Its true source is in some small lakes near the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Fragile glen, but its See also:

• VOLUME

volume is increased by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with several smaller streams, near the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BORMIO (Ger. Worms)

Bormio, at the Raetian See also:

• ALPS

Alps . Thence it flows first S.W., then due W., through the fertile See also:

• VALTELLINA (Ger. Veltlin; the name comes from the former capital, Teglio, near Tresenda)

Valtellina (q.v.), passing Tirano, where the Poschiavino falls in on the right, and See also:

• SONDRIO

Sondrio, where is the junction with the Malero, right . It falls into the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• COMO (anc. Comum)
• COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

Como, at its See also:

• NORTHERN

northern end, and mainly forms that lake . On issuing from its See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern or See also:

• LECCO

Lecco See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm, it crosses the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy, and finally, after a course of about 150 m., joins the Po, 8 m. above See also:

• CREMONA
• CREMONA, LUIGI (1830-1903)

Cremona . The See also:

• LOWER

lower course of the See also:

• ADDA (anc. Addua)

Adda was formerly the boundary between the territories of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and of See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan; and on its See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks several important battles have been fought, notably that of See also:

• LODI

Lodi, where See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon defeated the Austrians in 1796 . (W . A . B .